Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

 

Year: 1985

Time: 120 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 432

Release Date: Tuesday, 22 May 2018

MSRP: $39.95

 

Blu-ray

1 Disc

1.85:1

Japanese DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0

Subtitles: English

Region A

 

 Optional English and Japanese voice-over narrations, the former by Roy Scheider, the latter by Ken Ogata   New audio commentary featuring Paul Schrader and producer Alan Poul   New video interviews with John Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka   New video interviews with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie   New audio interview with coscreenwriter Chieko Schrader   Video interview excerpt featuring Yukio Mishima talking about writing   The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima, a 55-minute BBC documentary about the author   Theatrical trailer   A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the film’s censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka’s sets